HAWKE’S BAY RUGBY As throughout New Zealand, is the most popular sport in the Bay. The Hawke's Bay Magpies play in New Zealand's annual professional domestic Rugby Union competition, the Mitre 10 Cup.

The team represents the Hawke's Bay region in provincial representative rugby, and draws its players from the constituent clubs who are affiliated to the Provincial Union. The team play their home matches at McLean Park in Napier.

Players representing Hawke's Bay are also eligible to play for the in the annual transnational competition. Hawke's Bay has produced a number of notable All Blacks, including Cyril Brownlie, Maurice Brownlie, Mark Donaldson, and more recently, Bryn Evans, Greg Somerville, Hikawera Elliot, , and current All Blacks Brad Weber and Brodie Retallick.

THE REGION

Te Matau-a-Māui Hawke's Bay Province was founded in 1858. The region's population is 164,000 - 3.4 percent of New Zealand's population. The region has a significant Māori population; 24.3 percent of the population identified as of Māori ethnicity.

The region is renowned for its horticulture, with large orchards and vineyards on the plains. In the hilly parts of the region sheep and cattle farming predominates, with forestry blocks in the roughest areas.

Hawke's Bay is one of the most seismically active regions in New Zealand and has experienced many large and often damaging earthquakes. More than 50 damaging earthquakes have rocked the region since the 1800s.

HAWKES BAY RUGBY UNION STAFF

Ellery Wilson Global Academy Manager / Rugby Development Manager Ellery has been with the Rugby Union for 4 years, his primary role involves developing rugby from a junior level up to club rugby. He is also managing the Global Academy and played for the Magpies for 4 years.

Tianua Poto Rugby Development Officer Tianua has been a regular player for Premier side Clive for over five years, and consistently been the best First Five for the Hawkes Bay Development for more than four seasons. Tianua brings a wealth of knowledge to the game, with expertise in all things kicking.

Jayden Pinfold Academy Strength & Conditioning Coach

Jayden has spent 6 years studying a bachelor in physical Education and Nutrition at Otago University. He previously worked as an assistant researcher for New Zealand Rugby Union. He has been working at HBRU with a strong focus with women and academy players.

Jason Shoemark Academy Manager Jason has played professional rugby since 1999 representing Northland, Otago & Hawkes Bay. At Super Rugby level he played for the Blues & Highlanders including four seasons with Exeter in England. His role with HBRU is to identify future talent and nurture players to reach their full potential through providing specialist high performance coaching.

Krysten Cottrell Rugby Development Officer Krysten aka Duffy plays for the New Zealand Black ferns and has been touring with the team in France, Australia and the USA. She has been working at HBRU for over three years implementing ideas to grow women’s rugby.

Mark Ozich Magpies Coach Mark is a qualified school teacher with 10+ years of rugby coaching experience. Mark first joined the Magpies coaching staff in 2017 as the assistant coach, in 2018 he was appointed head coach.

Josh Syms Magpies Coach Josh has a wide and varied coaching portfolio that includes a significant amount of success from a College First XV level, Cub rugby, Heartland and is the Magpies forwards coach.

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